End gate



END GATE Filed July 6. 1925 2 Shets-Sheet 1 ATTORN EY June 28 1927.

H. O. WENZEL END GATE Filed July 6. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 15m Z/vzzWINVENTOR ATIORNEY Patented June 28, 1927.

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' Application filed July 6,

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in end gates andmore par-" ticularly to a means 'for retainingan end gate in variousadjusted positions relative to the sides of a wagon box. The main objectof my invention is the provision of an improved means for locking an endgate ina closed position and whereby the same may be locked and securelyretained in various adjusted positions relative to the wagon box.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a device of the abovecharacter wherein the end gate is mounted for swinging movement relativeto the wagon box and manually operated means is provided for locking thegate in various positions relative to the box and securely retain thesame against movement until the locking means has been released.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel features of. construction and the combination and arrangementofparts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the-claimand shown in the accompanying drawings, in

which:

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of a wagon box illustrating my improveddevice attached thereto, parts of the same being broken away andillustrated in cross section,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of same,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view,

Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the locking plate, and

Fig. 5 is a detailed section on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention, it will be noted that the numeral 1indicates the side walls of a wagon box and 2 the bottom of the box.Attached to the bottom of the box adjacent the open end of the same is areinforcing plate 3 and bolted to the reinforcing plate are the hingeplates 4 which are provided with spaced sleeves 5 adapted to receive thepintles 6 which hingedly connect the arcuate locking plates 7 to thesleeves 5. The plates 7 are formed upon the lower ends of the hingeplates 8 which are connected to the end gate 9 and extend from the topto the bottom of the gate as shown in Fig. 1 so as'to reinforce the bodyof the gate.

Attached to the hinge plates 4; are the guide members 10 in which isslidably mounted the bar 11, said bar having locking tongues 12 formedthereon adapted to engage with thespaced recesses 13 formed in 1925.Serial No. 41,801.

the arcuate locking plates 7 whereby to res; i

ta-in the end gate 9 invarious adjusted positions relative to the bodyof the wagon box; 'lhe bar 12 has an outstanding ear 14 on one end andpivotally connected to this ear is a link 15 which in turn is pivotallyconnected to the lower end of the operating lever 16. Attached to oneside of the wagon box isa plate 17 having spaced perforated ears 13 atthe lower end thereof between which the body of the lever 16 ispositioned and a pintle 19 is extended through the ears and body of thelever for pivot-ally mounting the lever as is fully illustrated in Fig.1.

The lever v16 is provided with a tapering lug 20 on one side thereof,adapted to be engaged by a spring member 21 which normally retains theupper end of the lever in spaced relation with the plate 17 saidposition retaining the locking tongues 12 in any one of the recesses 13in the plates 7 so as to prevent movement of the end gate relative tothe wagon box.

It will be noted that the plates 7 are provided with an arcuate portionin which the recesses 13 are formed so that during the swinging movementof the gate '9, any one of the recesses 13 in the plates 7 may bebrought into alignment with the locking tongues 13, the spring 21forcing the bar 11 in one direction so as to move the tongues 12 intothe recesses 13 which may be aligned therewith.

It will be noted that various sets of recesses are provided in theplates 7, the innermost set being used for receiving the tongues 12 andretaining the end gate in a closed position as shown in Fig. 1, withtheother set of recesses'13, the end gate may be positioned at variousangles relative to the wagon box and securely retained in this positionuntil the lever 16 is actuated to move the locking tongues 12 from therecesses 13.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have provided a simple andinex pensive device wherein the end gates of resorted to forsuccessfully carrying my invention into practice Without sacrificing anyof the novel features of construction or departing from the scope of theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is:

In a device of the class described, the combination With the bottom andthe end gate of a Wagon, of hinge sections secured to the bottom, hingesections secured to the end gate, means pivotally connecting the firstmentioned hinge sections to the second mentioned hinge sections, arcuateplates provided by. the second mentioned hinge sections, andhaving'spaced recesses formed therein means slidably carried by thefirst mentioned hinge sections and having portions adapte'dtoselectively engage the recesses, and means for operating said lastmentioned means, said operating means including apivotally supportedoperating lever, a link connection between the operating lever and saidlast mentioned means, and a spring member controlling operation of theoperating lever in one direction.

In testimony whereof I afiix signature.

HENRY O. WENZ-EL.

